Meteoroid Hitting Earth? Japan’s Technology Can Help Divert It
Momentum is growing for building “Earth defenses” to prevent a meteoroid from colliding with the Earth and causing…
Hayabusa2’s 2031 Landing Plan Faces an Unexpected Asteroid Nightmare
On December 6, 2020, the Hayabusa2 spacecraft dropped off pristine samples from asteroid Ryugu in the Australian outback,…
Asteroid ice discovery may change ideas about origin of water on Earth
The parent body of near-Earth asteroid Ryugu appears to have harbored water in the form of ice for…